The population of the Americas, such as it is observed today, can only have arisen of numerous waves of violence driving our ancestors to our so-called spacious skies.

While much is made of centering the experiences of 'marginalized peoples' to remedy this, it obscures the true unity underlying the American experience: Americans are untied in our ancestral history of displacement.

In studies on migration, international data shows that following any displacing event, on average 5% or less of migrants choose to leave their home country, indicating that only the most extreme violence could drive people away from their home regions permanently

It is the work of American Friends that we abolish the many violences on which this country was founded, in deed and in principle.